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Holoptelea
integrifolia (Roxb.) Planch.
Synonym : Ulmus integrifolius Roxb.
Family
: Ulmaceae
Local Names
: Aavil, Njettaval, Indian
elm, Jungle cork tree
Flowering
and fruiting period:
December – March
Distribution: Indo-Malaysia
Habitat: Semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
IUCN
status:
Data Deficient
Endemic: No
Uses: The unripe fruit is eaten. The bark and
leaves are used for treating oedema, diabetes, leprosy and other skin diseases,
intestinal disorders, piles. A poultice of the bark and leaves is applied
topically to treat boils, swellings and rheumatic pains. The bark is used
externally as a treatment for rheumatism, ringworm, scabies, ulcers and
scorpion stings. The mucilaginous bark is boiled then the juice is squeezed out
and applied to rheumatic swellings; the exhausted bark is then powdered and
applied over the parts covered by the sticky juice. The seed and a paste of the
stem bark is used in treating ringworm.
Key
Characters:
Large deciduous trees, to 25 m high,
bark whitish-grey, smooth. Leaves simple,
